Happy Monday friends! How are you? Was your weekend a good one? A busy one? A relaxing one? Ours was good, busy and relaxing at various intervals. The primary focus was Wylie's 12th birthday party Saturday night. The theme was loosely "Legos," which influenced the color scheme and the party favors (Lego folders, stickers and pencils along with candy. You can never go wrong ... View Post
Back to School – the annual retrospective
We go to a school that is almost year-round. We have a five week break in the summer and then lots of other breaks throughout the year, which really works out great for us. Our summers are so hot that none of us really mind going back to school in mid-July. These are all our back-to-school pictures from the beginning-when Wylie started kindergarten. Where has the time ... View Post
make do {and make lovely} monday – mother’s day archive
I was looking through some old photos and I found this display I did a few years ago for Mother's Day. See the little girl with the bow? That is my mother. And of course that is her mother holding my aunt. Those three are three of my very favoritetist mother's in the whole world. I am the mother I am in large part because of them. I used vintage light fixture globes as my theme. I love ... View Post
for my mother
See that strange light shining through the curtains? Do you know what that is? It is called SUNSHINE! We were beginning to doubt of it's existance around here. As soon as it began to peak through I grabbed my camera and snapped a few shots, so excited to be able to prove that look! the sun does exist! The storms of May and April have brought up many memories. Memories of the spring of ... View Post
i * heart * school
(from FoundPaperCo.) It's true. I love school. For the most part I always have. Over the entire span of my childhood I was able to experience a variety of schooling - private school, public school and home schooling, and there were things I liked and disliked about each. (from EthanOllie)I truly loved college. I think because it was the best of all of those worlds put together. I loved my ... View Post
end of the week and the sun is out
The sun has come back out finally...maybe it will stay. Things have been unseasonably wet this Spring and it has thrown us all off our game. Literally. Poor Miles has yet to play at T-Ball game due to all the rain - and the season "started" in April. But today the sun was out, and I believe that the weather man is predicting sun for the coming week as well. Hallelujah! Today we enjoyed ... View Post